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Blizzard Adds Timestamps To WoW Armory

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-your-boss-doesn't-know-your-character-name dept.

Kharny writes "In a move that could cause serious privacy problems for players of World of Warcraft, Blizzard has added timestamps and an RSS feed to the game's online armory site. This new feature will mean that anyone can follow 'real-time' developments in a World of Warcraft character, which display the exact time and date, so that others can see that person's playing habits. Many players have already complained about the fact that there is no opt-out setting, and this opens very big possibilities for online stalking."

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  1. You were supposed to be at nana's funeral by assemblerex · · Score: 5, Funny

    but instead I see you got new epic shoulders. gratz.

    1. Re:You were supposed to be at nana's funeral by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What did Nana drop?

    2. Re:You were supposed to be at nana's funeral by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Funny

      [1983 Rover Metro]
      "One Lady Owner, 30k on clock, used for shopping once a week."
      + 300% carrying capacity
      Use: +100% speed increase until it breaks down at the end of the road
      - 100% Chance to score with Nelfs, Humans, and Draenei. Gnomes and Dwarves take what they can get.

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  2. It seems like you have been living 2 lives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boss: so mr anderson, it seems like you have been livig 2 lives. 1 as the sick employe that stayed at home, and the 2nd as barabas the gnome slayer...

  3. Stalking a WoW player? by mykos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do believe that stalking a home-bound loser would make the stalker collapse into an infinitely dense (and sad) singularity of loserdom.

    1. Re:Stalking a WoW player? by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Funny

      +1 Insightful, with some exceptions.

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  4. Re:Cyber Stalking - Really an issue? by RobVB · · Score: 3, Funny

    they could... what?

    Ground you for playing past your bedtime.

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  5. What's next? by gaelfx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Timestamps on Slashdot comments? /stalk function on every profile page? I don't think I could handle slashdot stalking, later folks

  6. I see by PePe242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You haven't changed your epic underwear for 3 days!

  7. Re:Great time to stop playing WoW by Calinous · · Score: 2, Funny

    "In what ways are other forms of entertainment more real?"

          Now this is real entertainment... not

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrIugmr8kzE

  8. Stalk a Wow player by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who the hell thinks a Wow player would get stalked? That would be some boring stalking:

    09:00 am: He's in the basement.
    11:00 am: He's in the basement.
    11:10 am: He went to the bathroom.
    12:15 pm: He's in the basement.
    01:00 pm: His mom brought him lunch.
    02:00 pm: He's in the basement.
    03:00 pm: He's in the basement.
    04:00 pm: He's in the basement.
    05:00 pm: He's in the basement. ...
    10:00 pm: What else? He's in the basement.

  9. Re:checking WoW logs is easier than by fractoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    10 min after her bedtime, she is sleeping, every night. She is 20 month old.

    You should have trained her to farm you gold by now.

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  10. Re:It seems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You "quit the game" that your bots were playing for you?

  11. Re:WoW addiction: Clear goals, easy victories! by fractoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    [Staff of Get Things Done] and a [Helm of Good Life Choices], yeah. And maybe a [Scroll of Banish Unrealistic Expectations].

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  12. Re:Already possible by ubrgeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Writing a LUA [lua.org] script is extremely simple

    Oh I don't know. Coordinating all of those grass skirts and getting the roast pig out in time can be a challenge. Plus, there's the whole fire-stick thing...

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  13. Re:Great time to stop playing WoW by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most of us WoW players are casuals, dropping in for an hour or two each day that would otherwise be spent on television.

    Yeah, what he said! We are just social drink... I mean smok... I mean players, we can quit anytime we want. Any time at all. Any time we feel like it. We have no problem, no problem at all... gotta go, there is a raid on.

  14. Re:Cyber Stalking - Really an issue? by SmurfButcher+Bob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Best guildname on Bladefist: "WTF MOM IM RAIDING"

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  15. Re:It seems by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can you quit a game you weren't playing to begin with.

    The funniest part is that they quit the game because they were going to be forced to actually play it themselves. :)

    "What, PLAY the game? Fuck that shit, I'm out!"

    Clearly, they should be playing progress quest. :)

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